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Mat_18:7. Οὐαί ] θρηνεῖ ὡς φιλάνθρωπος τὸν κόσμον ὡς μέλλοντα βλαβῆναι ἀπὸ τῶν σκανδάλων , Theophylact.
ἀπό ] indicating the causal origin of the woe for humanity ( τῷ κόσμῳ ). The world is not conceived of as giving the offence (in answer to Jansen, Arnoldi, Bleek), but as suffering from it. With regard to ἀπό , see Buttmann, Neut. Gramm. p. 277 [E. T. 322].
ἀνάγκη γάρ ] assigns the reason for the ἀπὸ τῶν σκανδάλ . immediately before: on account of offences, I say, for they cannot but come. This necessity (necessitas consequentiae) has its foundation in the morally abnormal condition of mankind, yet (comp. 1Co_9:19) is to be traced back to the divine purpose (not merely permission), which, however, does away neither with the moral freedom of him who, by word or deed, gives offence (Rom_14:13), nor with his liability to punishment. Hence: πλὴν (yet) οὐαὶ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ , κ . τ . λ .
τὰ σκάνδαλα ] temptations, as a general conception.
τὸ σκάνδ .] the temptation as conceived of in each individual case.